On October 4, 1957, the Soviets launched Sputnik. Americans feared the implications of the first man-made satellite orbiting above the Earth. Astronaut Frank Borman recalled, "I was teaching at ...
In the Siberian city of Novosibirsk, one capsule contained an enthusiastic letter penned by young Soviets who believed Russians would have dominated space travel by 2017. "Dear descendants ...
Everything would thus be thrown back on the ability of the American President to carry Congress with him, in his attempt to confront the Soviets with a credible posture and program signaling that ...
once the oldest and most important building for Lithuanian Jews before it was destroyed by the Nazis and razed by the Soviets. Archeologists found the synagogue floor decorated with red ...